What To Do About Busyness

The Memorial of St. Martha challenges us all to learn a balance between busyness, and quiet contemplation at the feet of Jesus. Martha reacts, as most of us would, when she finds herself busy preparing the meal while her sister just sits there listening to Jesus. "Break it up, tell her I need help." Yet, Jesus defends Mary,, which becomes a lesson for Martha and us;  "Don't let "little things", or big things, like preparing supper, stand in the way of deepening your friendship with me,"  Evidently Martha does learn and later when she meets Jesus who has come because of the death of her brother, Lazarus, she says, "I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world." (cf. Jn 11:27)  There has been growth in Martha, perhaps because she has taken more of a "Mary Stance".  She gives us hope that we too can emerge from our busyness and experience Jesus as the Christ, our Savior. Mary, our Good Mother gives us the model, which is imperative in Marist Spirituality:  action and contemplation happily and peacefully blended.
Bro. Rene